The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 when a cowboy named Bob Womack found gold. For years he’d been telling anybody who’d listen the narrow cattle-crippling creek that ran through his pasture had a fortune in gold. Eventually he did find gold but things didn’t pan out well so he sold his claim for five hundred dollars. Womack missed a very rich vein by only three feet. Th


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